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ROYAL SUTTON COLDFIELD COMMUNITY TOWN HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1165712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCART, SUTTON COLDFIELD ARTS AND RECREATIONAL TRUST

Establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a net loss of £650,897 for the year, resulting in a net balance sheet surplus of £623,688. The trustees acknowledge that the operating model was unsustainable and that systemic failings were exposed due to a lack of senior management. The charity is planning a full organisational review and restructure for the upcoming financial year to address these operational challenges.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Trustees recognise that the staffing model for the operational business has been ineffective. Going forward into 2023/24 the Trust expects to complete a full organisational review and implement a restructure. The risk to the operating business through building dilapidation ahead of the Renovation Project remains.” — page 5
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The Trust acknowledges systemic failings in core business processes and an ineffective staffing model requiring restructure.
“For much of the year we were operating without senior management in place and systemic failings in our core business processes were exposed. Essentially, our operating model had grown beyond the capability of the small business start-up model that the Trust adopted in 2016.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£1.5m£1.4m
30/04/2024£876k£996k
30/04/2023£814k£881k
30/04/2022£712k£762k
30/04/2021£357k£298k

Common questions

Is ROYAL SUTTON COLDFIELD COMMUNITY TOWN HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned a net loss of £650,897 for the year, resulting in a net balance sheet surplus of £623,688. The trustees acknowledge that the operating model was unsustainable and that systemic failings were exposed due to a lack of senior management. The charity is planning a full organisational review and restructure for the upcoming financial year to address these operational challenges. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.